ed_pete Wrote:
> In any event, the developers seem more than happy
> to maintain (and enhance) the passageway between
> Rye Lane and Bussey/Copeland and that passageway
> looks to be integral to the building, so I would
> suggest that it has always been there.
Yes it has been there since it was built in 1908, and there are rights of way through the passageway to the Copeland Park site which includes the Bussey Building, and 133 Rye Lane has rights of way through Copeland Park. Copeland Park including the Bussey Building is in one private ownership, and 133 Rye Lane building is in another private ownership. Khan's Bargain store and Holdron's Arcade are also part of Copeland Park.
We know this because Peckham Vision grew out of the campaign in 2005-2009 to save, from demolition for a tram depot, the large 5-6 acre site which included all the Rye Lane frontage from the railway bridge to Bournemouth Road and then all of Copeland Park, including the Bussey Building, and everything beyond to Brayards Road and Consort Road. Peckham Vision has worked with the Copeland Park owners, and the CLF Art Café, for the last 10 years - a constructive working relationship between a local community action group and a major property owner, and also with the CLF a key part of the evolving cultural hub.
Peckham Vision's shop in Holdron's Arcade 135a Rye Lane is the property owner's acknowledgment of the work the community through Peckham Vision has contributed to enabling Copeland Park as a cultural quarter to evolve. The shop is open on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons between 2-4pm, and at other times ad hoc (we are dependent on volunteers - if you would like to help let us know!). You can always see the information displays every day. Please drop in to find out more about 133 Rye Lane, and also the other major developments and other changes in the town centre.
Some relevant links:
PV Facebook news about 133 Rye Lane –
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www.facebook.com]
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www.facebook.com]
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Peckham Vision - [
www.peckhamvision.org]
Cross River Tram - [
www.peckhamvision.org]
Tram Depot concerns - [
www.peckhamvision.org]
Tram depot plans - [
www.peckhamvision.org]